Street Retreats are a unique offering rising from the Zen Peacemakers’ Three Tenets. When you join a Zen Peacemakers’ Street Retreat, you enter a unique opportunity to experience interdependence, now available in many locations around the world. Trained leaders support you and others in living on the streets for one, two or more days and nights, experiencing first hand the challenges of needs, the bounty of generosity and the unexpected ways they appear. Every moment is an opportunity to raise the Three Tenets – Not Knowing, Bearing Witness and Taking Action through meditating together, sharing in council, going on begging rounds, walking across town, checking in at a local soup kitchen etc. . STREET RETREAT LEADERSHIP . Zen Peacemakers Street Retreats are led by authorized, empowered street retreat leaders. Those in this group now include Bernie Glassman, Montague, MA, Eve Marko, Montague, MA, Genro Gauntt Bronx, NY, Fleet Maull, Cranston RI, Frank De Waele, Gent, Belgium, Paco Genkoji Lugovino, Bronx, NY, Michel Dubois, Montreill, France, Jim Bastien, VT, Jurgen Jian Lembke, Switzerland, Jorge Koho Mello Switzerland, Jesse Jiryu Davis, New York and Brian Joshin Byrnes, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Some teachers in our lineage have also led or co-led retreats such as Enkyo Ohara and Egyoku Nakao – both with Genro. Training is an absolute must and recognition as a leader is not guaranteed. The leader has to hold the space immaculately, strongly, softly and unrecognizably while not teaching and letting the streets be the teacher. Being deeply trained in council is an absolute must. READ MORE ABOUT STREET RETREATS http://zenpeacemakers.org/2016/02/freeadventures1/ http://zenpeacemakers.org/2016/02/freeadventures2/ Fleet Maull Jim Bastien Eve Marko Grover Genro Gauntt Paco Genkoji Lugovino Bernie Glassman Frank De Waele Michel Dubois Brian Joshin Byrnes A. Jesse Jiryu Davis The Zen Peacemaker Three Tenets are essential. Upcoming Retreats 2016 September 22-25 2016 / New York City, New York, USA Led by Roshi Grover Genro Gauntt. Contact Tanya Vo: tanyav1020@gmail.com October 6–9 2016 / Street Retreat at the border between Chiasso (Switzerland) and Como (Italy) This spot along the border has become critical since the swiss government refuses passage to many of the asylum seekers. Hundreds of refugees camp now in the open parks of Como. Contact: Jurgen Lembke, juergen.lembke@lcc.ch Dec. 15 – 18 2016 / San Francisco Street Retreat, led Grover Genro Gauntt Contact: Skip Foppert, sfoppert@gmail.com 2017 June 8-11, 2017 / New York City, New York, USA Led by Joshin Byrnes. Contact Upaya August 31 – September 3 2017 / Denver, Colorado USA Led by Joshin Byrnes. Contact Upaya ———————————————————————————————– The Faithful Fools in San Francisco use Street Retreats as a major training and offering. History We go on the streets with no money and just the clothes on our back. We eat in soup kitchens and beg for money or food at times when soup...

The Zen Peacemaker Order, a project operated by Zen Peacemakers Inc., is the international community of spiritual practitioners who follow the Zen Peacemakers’ teachings of the Three Tenets in an ever-enlarging circle of influence through social action. When you choose to enter the ZPO family, you support a world-wide movement of socially engaged spirituality. There are ZPO Members in: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Click here for the next steps towards becoming a member. From a street retreat in the alleyways of Cologne, through a bearing witness retreat in war-torn valley of Srebrenica, to a sesshin in the Swiss Alps, crossing states and continents, connect with fellow practitioners, study with diverse Zen teachers or engage ministries in other countries — Joining the ZPO you immerse yourself in a global diverse socially engaged spiritual community. ...

“I came quite “not knowing” and plunged into one the most meaningful experiences in my life. I felt cared for, safe and guided through this week with enough flexibility to find my own pace. I am deeply thankful for all these moments of deep humanity. ” – 2016 Retreat Participant EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION $1200 Early Bird offer ends 1/1/2017 and extends a $400 discount from full retreat tuition. Early registrations and payments help Zen Peacemakers Inc. towards outreach, advertisement and logistics required to secure the planning and early costs of the retreat. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE REGISTRATION FORM Scholarships & Group fares available upon request. All retreat fees go to cover the retreat’s costs and Zen Peacemakers, Inc. (non-profit 501(c)3) operations. See tab ‘What Your Fee Includes’ for details. The Zen Peacemakers are returning for the 22nd year to the old site of the concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland, for a Bearing Witness Retreat. Bernie Glassman began the annual Bearing Witness Retreats in 1996, with help from Eve Marko and Andrzej Krajewski. They have taken place annually every year since then. Much has been written about these annual retreats; at least half a dozen films have been made about them in various languages. They are multi-faith and multinational in character, with a strong focus on the Zen Peacemakers’ Three Tenets: Not-Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action. We will spend most of each day is spent sitting by the train tracks at Birkenau, both in silence and in chanting the names of the dead. We will walk through the vast camps, performs vigils and memorial services inside the women’s, men’s and children’s barracks. Participants meet daily in small Council groups designed to create a safe place for people to share their inner experiences. The whole group meets in the evenings for various programs to continue bear witness to oneness in diversity. 10553876_890291711011450_5568279450286940013_o iris 404619_133959396723221_508094753_n 1654888_890293597677928_2631826398672677512_o file_007 img_9121 img_9161 img_8828 img_9031 img_9111 img_8802 img_8804 img_8834 img_8839 img_8853 img_8913 img_9053 MORE TESTIMONIALS Read the impressions of more than seventy retreat participants of the past twenty years in the book “AschePerlen – Pearls of Ash & Awe” (English & German language) at https://www.janando.de/steinrich/en WAYS TO PAY YOUR TUITION Paypal – Click ‘Add to Cart’ at the button at the top of the page and follow the instructions. US/Canada Check or Money Order – Send to: Zen Peacemakers ATTN:AUS POBOX 294 Montague MA 01351 – make check to Zen Peacemakers, Inc. Bank Wire Transfer – Please inquire at aus@zenpeacemakers.org for bank information Credit Card by Phone – Call phone number 413.367.4090 and give your credit card information. ESSENTIAL TRAVEL & RETREAT SCHEDULE Participants attend registration check-in evening on Sunday November 5th in Krakow, leave Krakow Monday morning November 6 to Oświęcim and return to Krakow on Saturday morning November 11, 2017. Your retreat tuition...

Zen Peacemakers, inc., as founded by Bernie Glassman, is the home of engaged Buddhism based on the Three Tenets – Not Knowing, Bearing witness and Taking Action. With these three simple principles, Zen Peacemakers has borne witness and engaged today’s most challenging social issues. 2017 promises new global social, ecological and ultimately spiritual challenges. Zen Peacemakers is committed to engage them and we invite you to help. DONATING TO ZEN PEACEMAKERS TODAY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO: A week of service on an Indian reservation building homes for local residents. Goal $17,000 – covering construction materials and administration. Other programs in planning. CARE FOR ROSHI BERNIE GLASSMAN– including a special physiotherapy treatment. Goal $14,000 EXPAND OUR OPERATIONS, outreach and programs including the international Zen Peacemaker Order EXPAND ZP STAFF – To coordinate, manage and support ZP’s expanding projects greecefrank cheyenne streetjoshin manfredaus img_9053 img_8853 img_9161 img_9111 IMG_5024b IMG_4615 2 image011 IMG_4973 stroke2 PRcloths3 IMG_6387 13698020_10153839874446849_8900015569916737857_o 13692835_10153839850676849_4921302807494708196_o 13691133_10153839873791849_8392002896512488962_o 13724834_10153839876771849_3154006781519811092_o 13734879_10153839850466849_2563550776241669741_o 13765931_10153839876326849_1322445165099379246_o File_001 IMG_7240 Frauen 2016-04-06 21.39.34 Babson_sml_5 file_007 unnamed-3 14358722_10157389250590526_9194012677205732451_n 12322934_10157389237795526_6327280281458426358_o frauen-bei-naeem-okt-24-2015-1 img_3281 img_0110 img_9121 img_8839 img_9071 img_7279 * * * HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR WORK IN 2016 * * * TAKING ACTION Zen Peacemakers is committed to continue the honoring, learning and supporting of indigenous peoples and the Native Americans on Turtle Island. Following the success of the 2015 Zen Peacemakers Black Hills Bearing Witness retreat, Zen Peacemakers supported the donation of hundreds of pounds of winter clothes to Pine Ridge Reservation. This summer, twenty-five participants visited Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation, helped built homes for Lakota residents, dipped in the river with the children, visited the local youth center, met community organizers in La Plant and the village of Badger, and were welcomed by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred Calf Woman Pipe. “We had the honor of working on a house that will be the home of a local man. The conversations, the companionship of the people from Simply Smiles, a chance to talk with the future-owner of the home and get his perspective on the Res, and the satisfaction of contributing to such a worthwhile project filled our hearts.” — Plunge Participant Nearly two dozen Zen Peacemakers have attended Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to bear witness to the historic stand of the indigenous Nations of Turtle Island against the DAPL pipeline. Zen Peacemakers supported their coordination, outreach and communications. ZEN PEACEMAKER ORDER (ZPO) – An International MovementOur global community based on the Three-Tenets is involved in all aspects of social action, from refugees, climate, civil rights, healthcare, diplomacy. Zen Peacemakers Inc provides the international operations and coordination of this multi-national organization. Zen Peacemaker Order Members mobilize to support refugees, counter climate change, eliminate homelessness and support indigenous people around the world. BEARING...

When we see the world as one body, it's obvious that we heal everyone at the same time that we heal ourselves, for there are no 'others.'

-- Bernie Glassman, ZP Inc. Founder

ZPO Membership

The Zen Peacemaker Order, a project operated by Zen Peacemakers Inc., is the international community of spiritual practitioners who follow the Zen Peacemakers’ teachings of the Three Tenets in an ever-enlarging circle of influence through social action.

When you choose to enter the ZPO family, you support a world-wide movement of socially engaged spirituality.

Click here for the next steps towards becoming a member. From a street retreat in the alleyways of Cologne, through a bearing witness retreat in war-torn valley of Srebrenica, to a sesshin in the Swiss Alps, crossing states and continents, connect with fellow practitioners, study with diverse Zen teachers or engage ministries in other countries — Joining the ZPO you immerse yourself in a global diverse socially engaged spiritual community.

Bernie’s Recovery Fund

Dear Friends of Bernie,

Bernie would like to personally thank all of you who have supported him with donations, gifts and prayers since his stroke on January 12th, 2016. He is now at his home in Montague Massachusetts, USA. He exercises daily and attends Feldenkrais sessions with a personal trainer. These donations will help support his treatments, house-alterations and the salary of a personal caregiver, who monitors his exercising, travels with him to his appointments and helps around the house.
We are gathering funds for a $14,000 treatment developed by world-renowned neuroscientist Edward Taub at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Taub Therapy Clinic. Bernie has undergone one such treatment in October 2016 concentrating on his right leg. This treatment was instrumental in helping him travel and participate in the 2016 Zen Peacemakers Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat. This next 2-week treatment will concentrate on his right arm, and this amount will cover the treatment, his travel and compensation for an accompanying caregiver.

We thank all those who have contributed in the past and encourage all those who can contribute towards this next phase to do so again.

All donations towards Bernie’s Recovery Fund (as well as all donations towards Bernie’s Recovery Fund in the past) have been and will be used solely towards his support and not towards any other Zen Peacemakers Inc. projects.

Zen Peacemakers, Inc. is a non-for-profit 501(c)3 and for your US tax purposes.
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